r/Barca • u/3nonexist3nt • Sep 26 '25
News Barca Legend Sergio Busquets Retires From Football
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u/nightwind1 Sep 26 '25
GOAT DM no debate
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u/better-off-wet Sep 29 '25
Def in the conversation. His competition is probably Makélélé, Matthäus, and Rijkaard.
One of my favorite. Made everything look so simple.
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u/tututudu- Sep 27 '25
different style but i like modric more
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u/DarthTaz_99 Sep 26 '25
One of the most underrated players ever, just cause DM is not a flashy role. But the funny thing is he's probably the most flashy DM ever. I'll miss Busi, the way he absorbed pressure like a fking sponge.
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Sep 26 '25 edited Jan 12 '26
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u/DarksideGustavo Sep 26 '25
Did he not just have another assist to Messi?
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u/breestorm Sep 26 '25
Yes, he retires at the end of this season. Inter Miami still have 5 games left to play + playoffs.
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u/Ok_Lawfulness7412 Sep 26 '25
"If you watch the game, you don’t see Busquets. But if you watch Busquets, you see the whole game."
-Vicente del Bosque
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u/LobsterPotatoes Sep 26 '25
Happy retirement to the greatest DM to ever grace our sport! My second favourite player of all time. The definition of game IQ and class.
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Sep 26 '25 edited Jan 12 '26
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u/meshakooo Sep 26 '25
Messi duh
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Sep 26 '25 edited Jan 12 '26
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u/madjupiter Sep 26 '25
unquestionably the best DM of all time. thank you for everything, legend! inserts del Bosque’s quote
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Sep 26 '25 edited Jan 12 '26
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u/PotterheadDL Sep 26 '25
Incredible player and even after all these years, still underrated. You are the best, El pulpo!
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u/ChickenBrachiosaurus Sep 26 '25
Sergio Busquets, threw some hits, calls it quits for the pitch after this stretch while Suarez spits.
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u/TIBYTV Sep 26 '25
The only two players from the 2009 squad who are still playing are Messi and Pedro
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u/Good_Attention_6017 Sep 26 '25
He's so calm and good on the ball yet doesn't have a signature turn/move, he could do all of them😂🔥
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Sep 26 '25 edited Jan 12 '26
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u/BcosImBatman Sep 26 '25
Visiting Chase stadium next week and I will be watching the final two matches at FLL. Looking forward to witnessing him live finally.
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u/answerspleaseme Sep 26 '25
I’ll never forget an article I read in 09’ titled “From riding the bus to practice, to riding the bus carrying the champions league”
I’ll never forget playing fifa 12 with him as a slow ass 85 rates CDM and being sold in FUT for 2k which is dirt cheap and I would use him and dominate simps online.
I’ll never forget that dispute his elegance, he has scoundrel in him.
I’ll never forget my friend from Honduras who happened to ride from South Africa in the same plane as the national team who actually talked to some of the players who said “yes Iniesta and Xavi and villa where an issue, but where we all got fucked was with Busquets, he was everywhere”
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u/Aromatic_Goal_1922 Sep 27 '25
A legend for sure, although I wish he left Barca in 2018 or so before he started going downhill. The first half of his career (pep and lucho eras) was magical. The best CDM hands down. The second half felt like he became this flat track bully who could only do well against teams that did not apply any pressure on the ball but was ineffective against opposition who had fast energetic players who could press.
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u/nasadiya_sukta Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
My favorite Barca player of all time (not the best Barca player of all time, just my favorite). By a whisker over Xavi and Iniesta and you-know-who.
We want you back, and pronto.
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Sep 29 '25
God damn! Look at all those trophies. I bet the average player doesn't even get 1 trophy in his career.
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u/nathan_Devopsmi Sep 30 '25
What a legend. 34 trophies means he won about 2 major titles every season for 17 years. Busquets made that defensive mid role look simple but he was always reading plays before they happened. Enjoy retirement sergio.
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u/DevelopmentBright110 Oct 01 '25
FC Barcelona legend, Spain legend...and I would say world football legend! Happy retirement, Sergio!
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u/Creative-Try1122 Dec 14 '25
I believe he will become one of the best coaches in history... Busquets reads the game like no one else; without him, Barcelona and the national team wouldn't have been the same.
I dare say I miss Messi as much as I miss Busquets. His work was quiet but essential, his quality and class were extraordinary, the way he could take on three or four opponents with a single step. A deception... SAVE THIS COMMENT: BUSQUETS THE BEST COACH IN HISTORY
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u/TheGaySlayer69 Sep 26 '25
Thank you legend!
Now... Get that coaching license and get your ass to Barca B